In testi­mony be­fore the House Rules Com­mit­tee, the Ok­lahoma Re­pub­lic­an ar­gued that the bill is the best pos­sible deal for both parties, at one point even call­ing it “amaz­ing.” After months of work, though, Lu­cas ad­mit­ted that he’s hap­pi­est that the whole pro­cess is over, not­ing that the ne­go­ti­ations around the dairy in­dustry alone were in­cred­ibly tax­ing for ne­go­ti­at­ors.

“If I ex­pire in the next three days, I want a glass of milk carved on my tomb­stone — be­cause it’s what killed me,” he said.